--- title: A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» Which ans… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics description: A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» Which answer is best reasoned? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [The Sermon on the Mount](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» Which answer is best reasoned? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** ask, turn, reason · **To what, where:** other cheek, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:1 # text = A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a judge | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a judge *not said here* | the other cheek | | | | weak *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* Which answer is best reasoned? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:2 # text = Which answer is best reasoned? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reasoned reason VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reason** | present · passive | | which answer | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Weak, because anyone who doesn't hit back is a coward ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:o1:1 # text = Weak, because anyone who doesn't hit back is a coward 1 Weak weak INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 4 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hit back** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | anyone | a coward | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Strong, because it takes courage to stop revenge, though Christians disagree how far it goes ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:o2:1 # text = Strong, because it takes courage to stop revenge, though Christians disagree how far it goes 1 Strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 disagree disagree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | it | courage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | revenge | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality revenge=Eventuality | | 3 | **disagree** | present | Christians | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | present | revenge | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Strong, because the Bible says so and that settles it ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:o3:1 # text = Strong, because the Bible says so and that settles it 1 Strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 10 settles settle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **settle** | present | that | Bible | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Weak, because it never changes anything ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t10:o4:1 # text = Weak, because it never changes anything ever 1 Weak weak INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | present | it | anything | | | ever | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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